Natural history museum celebrating biodiversity with a parade of taxidermy animals.

Pitié-Salpêtrière was the dumping grounds for women who received the dreaded diagnosis of "hysterical."

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

One of the last umbrella repair shops in Paris upholds the nostalgic art of umbrella making.

The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.

A majestic lion statue guards this Parisian botanical garden, and feeds on an unsettling item.

A subterranean shelter remains intact under a busy Paris railway station.

Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.

Down a cobblestone alleyway is a museum dedicated to Romanticism, with a secret garden.

Egyptian Revival movie palace abandoned for decades and restored in 2013.

A counter-culture bookstore like no other hides in plain sight in the streets of Paris.

The very center of Paris is surrounded by a bevy of strange good luck rituals.

A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.

This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.

Nearly every wall in this French villa has been "tattooed" by artist Jean Cocteau and other famous painters.

Explore this medieval cathedral by trying to spot all the malevolent monsters hiding in its beautifully colored windows.

There has been an astronomical clock on this spot since the 14th century.

This Parisian café sticks almost exclusively to an ethos of reuse.

Journey through the ruins of this ancient Roman temple dedicated to the god of war.

On this romantic tidal island reachable only at low tide the tomb of a famous French writer overlooks the sea.

Folklore and history carved into Brittany's coast.

Perfume museum and library.

Shattered columns and Egyptian pyramids outside of Paris.

18th century underground pilgrimage site, dedicated to a Saint that did something...